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Short Response (3 points). Read the scenario and answer all three parts in complete sentences. Label each part (A, B, C). Everything you need comes from this unit, so you do not need to look anything up.A bill to increase funding for community health clinics passes the House 240 to 195. In the Senate, 56 senators support the bill and 44 oppose it. One opposing senator places a hold on the bill, and the other opponents announce they will filibuster if it reaches the floor.A. Explain how the hold could affect the bill.B. Explain why 56 votes in favor is not enough to guarantee the bill will pass the Senate.C. Describe one strategy supporters could use to get the clinic funding passed, and explain why it might work.

The project plan is best described as the “whats” that must be accomplished. The project management plan is best described as:

A document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project and gives the project manager authority to apply organizational resources is called the project__________.

Social Security benefits are paid out each year under existing law, without Congress voting to approve the money again. This kind of spending is

The Supreme Court hears a case with facts very similar to one it decided 20 years ago. Several justices say they might have ruled differently, but the Court follows the earlier ruling anyway. This practice is called

Qualitative project selection methods tend to be more subjective and less accurate than quantitative methods.

Short Response (3 points). Read the scenario and answer all three parts in complete sentences. Label each part (A, B, C). Everything you need comes from this unit, so you do not need to look anything up.Congress has refused to pass the president’s plan to lower interest rates on federal student loans. In response, the president issues an executive order directing the Department of Education to change its repayment rules. The same week, the president gives a national speech urging Americans to contact their members of Congress and demand action on the plan.A. Identify the informal power the president used in the national speech, and explain how it could help the plan.B. Describe one way the executive order could be limited or reversed.C. Explain how Alexander Hamilton’s argument in Federalist 70 could be used to defend the president’s actions.

A congressional committee demands records of private conversations between the president and her top advisers. The president refuses, arguing that advisers will not speak honestly if their advice can be made public. The president is claiming

The Supreme Court hears a case with facts very similar to one it decided 20 years ago. Several justices say they might have ruled differently, but the Court follows the earlier ruling anyway. This practice is called

In Federalist 78, why does Hamilton call the judiciary the “least dangerous” branch?